Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata and Fugue in d minor
Georg Frideric Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony #40 in G minor
Ludwig von Beethoven – Fur Elise (Piano Solo)
Franz Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Georges Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 1 “Les Toreadors”
Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
Our 3rd grade students id a “Science of Sound” unit in their Science classes. They learned that all sound is the result of some type of vibration. Then the used their knowledge to make their own instruments. Great job!
Here are the instrument families and along with some links for each instrument.
WOODWINDS
Flute (7 year old) – Chaminade Concertino for Flute and Piano
Soprano Saxophone – (teenager) Kenny G: Going Home
Tenor Saxophone – President Bill Clinton 1992
Baritone Saxophone and Tuba – Fun with Sponge Bob
Bassoon (Elementary student) – Frere Jacques
Oboe (Middle School student-Super Mario Brothers)
English Horn – Dvorak: Symphony #9
BRASS
Trumpet – Haydn: Trumpet Concerto – Allegro
Trombone – Stars and Stripes Forever
Bass Trombone – Handel: The Creation
Baritone Horn – Saint Saens: The Swan
Tuba – Pirates of the Caribbean
STRINGS
Viola – 17 Year old: Variations on Happy Birthday
Double Bass – Classical Style Double Bass – 10 year old: Jazz Style (start at 1:23)
Classical Guitar – 10 year old girl Classical Guitar: 10 year old boy
PERCUSSION
Snare Drum (Practice pad) – 10 year old
Bass Drum – G. Prokofiev ass Drum Concerto
Marching Band – Concert Crash Cymbal Line
Our Fourth Graders are going to the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra Concert on February 28, 2012! The concert will be held at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center at 10 am. Students will leave from Miller Elementary via school bus at 9 am and return by 11am. This concert is open to all fourth grade students from each Elementary School in the Dearborn Public Schools and we are very excited! The Music that will be played is as follows:
Hoedown (From Rodeo) – Aaron Copland
Symphony #5 (First Movement) – Ludwig von Beethoven
Stars and Stripes Forever – John Phillip Sousa
Gallop from the “Comedians” – Kabalevsky
Dance of the Comedians – Smetana
Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix
American Salute – Morton Gould
Here are the lyrics (pronunciations) for Gidi wa Hamar
Kullun Undun
Say ir ad wa (du)
Gidi unda Hamar
Bira Kibna
Ghel foo
Byair-khud na mish war
Wil bolic e sou fer lou
Bi I du I esh er lu
Say are ad dit Zamer lou
Ba Ba Ba!!
Please feel free to listen to these musical pieces on Youtube so you know them very well when we get to the concert.
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What a great time we had at the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra Concert! We took nearly 100 4th grade students to the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center experienced a wonderful morning of Classical Music. It was great fun! A special Congratulations goes out to Yousef Chammout who represented Miller school onstage as a recorder soloist. Great job! It just goes to show that hard work really pays off! Thank you to Mrs. Traicoff, Mrs. Alsabahi, Mrs. Grigorian and Mrs. Moukalled for going with us and for helping to prepare our students for the experience.
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Students in Grade 2 are having a great time learning to play songs on the xylophones and boomwhackers!
WBPE Ethnic Dinner Performance February 2, 2012 (CLICK LINK FOR VIDEO)
Great news! The WBPE Drumners have been invited to play at the annual Ethnic Dinner to be held at Miller Elementary School from 6:00pm-7:30pm on February 2, 2012. All WBPE drummers should meet Ms. Harden in the Music room at 5:30pm for practice. Drummers are invited to attend the dinner or may be picked up at 6:30pm.
Uniform: Ethnic clothing (Example: Sash, Outfit, hat, scarves, etc.) that shows what other cultures would wear at a festival/celebration in that country. Student may wear an outfit that represents any country. T-shirts with a flag are fine if students do not have an outfit.
Alternate uniform: Red or White Top, Black Bottoms, Black Shoes/Socks.
Students in Grade 2 are learning to play the xylophones and pre-read music notation. Our students are getting so good at it that they are memorizing phrases and patterns and some are able to conduct/lead the class! It takes listening skills and patience to know when to move to the next note. The conductor must listen for each student to play each note and move just at the right pace while they are learning the piece. Next, they begin to keep a slow, steady tempo that the others must follow
. Great job students!
Our Kindergarteners are doing a great job and having lots of fun playing the Orff Xylophones! They are reading early music notation, getting ready to be great readers of music and books! There is a strong connection between reading music and reading words and the more they read music the better they will get at reading words and sentences. Keep up the good work!
What a great time we had on January 19, 2012 performing with the Singer Of United Lands! Members of the WBPE had a welcomed suprise when they were asked to perform onstage with the Members of S.O.U.L. They played a piece that we had just learned called “Afrogroove” and learned a new piece that Virgil (India) taught them. The members of S.O.U.L. 2012 are: Virgil (India), Zuzanna (Poland) Paola (Bolivia) and Engelhardt (Namibia). You can learn more about S.O.U.L. by visiting their website: www.singersofunitedlands.org.
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Our First Grade students have started learning to play the song “Mary Had A Little Lamb” on the Boom whackers! Each students gets one Boom whacker while one student points to the letters (notes) that correspond with the Boom whackers. They work together as a team to practice and perform their first “ensemble” piece. The students rotate so they get to play each note part, and be the conductor (pointer).
. Success!